Seventeen days after it began, the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver are now complete. A total of 258 medals were awarded, with the United States, Germany, and Canada collecting the most medals. The second half of the games went much smoother than the glitchy first week, with many memorable performances by athletes from all over the world. Last night, a crowd of 60,000 filled BC Place in Vancouver for the Closing Ceremony, which took place shortly after the final event - a Gold Medal win by host nation Canada's ice hockey team over the U.S. The Olympic flame will next pass to London, England in 2012 for the Summer Games, and to Sochi, Russia in 2014 for the next Winter games. Collected here are photos from the second half of this year's events in Vancouver (see Part 1 for the first half). (45 photos total)

Ryan St. Onge of the US practices ahead of the men's Freestyle Skiing aerials final at Cypress Mountain, north of Vancouver on February 25, 2010 during the Vancouver Winter Olympics. (ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images)

A skier competes during the Alpine Skiing Men's Super Combined Downhill on day 10 of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics at Whistler Creekside on February 21, 2010 in Whistler, Canada. (Clive Rose/Getty Images) #

Canada's Joannie Rochette cries after performing in the Ladies' Figure Skating Short Program in Vancouver on February 23, 2010. Although Rochette's mother had passed away from a heart attack in Vancouver only days earlier, she decided to stay in the competition and won a Bronze Medal for her performance. (ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images) #

Players face off during the ice hockey men's quarter final game between USA and Switzerland on day 13 of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics at Canada Hockey Place on February 24, 2010 in Vancouver, Canada. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) #

The Coast Mountains of British Columbia are bathed in morning light as they are viewed from Cypress Mountain in Vancouver, British Columbia on Sunday Feb. 21, 2010, prior to the during the men's ski cross. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Sean Kilpatrick) #

Jon Montgomery of Canada celebrates after he won the gold medal in the men's skeleton on day 8 of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics at the Whistler Sliding Centre on February 19, 2010. (Shaun Botterill/Getty Images) #

Sven Kramer of the Netherlands angrily pushes his coach Gerard Kemkers away after his disqualification in the men's 10,000 m speed skating race at the Richmond Olympic Oval during the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics February 23, 2010. Kemkers had mistakenly advised Kramer to make an illegal lane change mid-race, which led to the disqualification. (REUTERS/Jerry Lampen) #

The legs of (l-r) Hong Kong's Han Yueshuang, Kimberly Derrick of the U.S. and Annita van Doorn of the Netherlands are seen as they race in the women's 1000 m short track speed skating heats during the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics February 24, 2010. (REUTERS/David Gray) #

A multiple exposure image of the Slovakian two-man bobsled piloted by Milan Jagnesak entering the final corner during training heat 6 at the Whistler sliding centre on February 19, 2010. (LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images) #

The South Korean relay team prostrate themselves in front of their national flag as they celebrate their silver medal finish in the men's 5,000m short-track relay final at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver on February 26, 2010. (ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images) #

American bobsledder Steven Holcomb, pokes his head out of his sled after a training run for the men's four-man bobsled at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010. Holcomb and his teammates went on to win the Gold Medal in the event, the first U.S. win since 1948. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan) #

John Jackson, pilot for GBR-1, is seen with scrapes on his back after he and teammate Dan Money (not seen) crashed during the men's two-man bobsled competition at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan) #

Silver medallist Shani Davis (right) of the U.S. skates up the track as gold medallist Mark Tuitert of the Netherlands (foreground) celebrates with his country's flag after the men's 1500 meter speed skating race at the Richmond Olympic Oval during the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics February 20, 2010. (REUTERS/Dylan Martinez) #

Haley Irwin (left) and Meghan Agosta of the Canadian Women's Ice Hockey team lie on the ice, celebrating their win with bubbly, beer and a cigar following their team's 2-0 victory during the ice hockey women's gold medal game between Canada and USA on day 14 of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics at Canada Hockey Place on February 25, 2010 in Vancouver, Canada. (Alex Livesey/Getty Images) #

Canadian forward Sidney Crosby (left) and teammate Scott Niedermayer celebrate as their team wins gold against the USA in the Men's Gold Medal Hockey match at the Canada Hockey Place during the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada on February 28, 2010. (YURI KADOBNOV/AFP/Getty Images) #

Canadian fans celebrate their victory against the United States in the final hockey match at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) #